Improvement in shirts



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HENRY B. EANToN, CE'DANBUEY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENTIN SHIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,214, dated October 27, 1874 application filed September 10, 1873. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. FANTCN, of Danbury, in the county of Fairlield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvementl in Shirts 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a shirt made according to my plan. Fig. 2 represents the same opened front and back. Figs. .3 and 4 represent the method of making the sleeve and wristband opening.

Shirts are commonly iliade to open down the front, but I am aware that they have also been made to open down the back. For different reasons each of these methods have its advantages, but I am not aware that the two methods have been hitherto combinedl in olie garment, thereby rendering it much easier of adjustment upon the person7 and much less trouble to the laundress. I am not aware,

y either, that Wristbands have been attached in the manner shown-that is, not opening in the seam and Without the employment of a gusset.

That others may fully understand my iinprovement, I will more particularly describe it.

A is the bosom, constructed in the usual Way, and tted with proper holes for buttons or studs. l At the bac-k of the neck the band and yoke B are divided transversely, as at b, and said division is continued down the back as far as may be required-4. e., at a point opposite the lower extremity of the bosom, for instance. This division down the back is provided at the band with buttons or other desired fastenin gs, and the same may be .continued down the back, if desired. The sleeve Gis cut from a single piece of clot-h, and has but one seam, viz.,l along its inner side at d. The Wristband E is attached With its ends meeting some little distance at one side of said seam, so that the same is covered and strengthened by said Wristband, and will Vtherefore be unlikely to rip. To permit theV the Wristband to open, the sleeve is slit at e, and to one edge of said slit a piece, f, is sewed, folded over and felled down to the sleeve, as shown particularly in Fig. 4. This piece f is sewed at its upper end to the sleeve, and forms a lat overlapping plait, covering the Wristband opening, and making a much stronger and more satisfactory connection for y HENRY B. FANTON.

Witnesses:

THEODORE MCDONALD, GUssIE FANTCN. 

